Neşe Çolak
She was born in 1979 in the Çayeli district of Rize. She completed her primary and secondary education in Trabzon. She graduated from Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine in 2001. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Department of Emergency Medicine of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine between 2002 and 2006.
She fulfilled her state service obligation at Uşak State Hospital between 2006 and 2008. Between 2008 and 2024 she served as a faculty member at the Department of Emergency Medicine of Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine. She became Associate Professor in 2015.
Since March 2024 she has been serving as Professor at the Department of Emergency Medicine of University of Health Sciences İzmir Faculty of Medicine, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, where she is also Head of the Department.
She is a graduate of the Department of Health Institutions Management of Anadolu University Open Education Faculty. She holds the “Emergency Medicine Board Certificate” issued by the Turkish Emergency Medicine Board of Proficiency. She was a member of the Examination Commission of the Emergency Medicine Board of Proficiency between 2020 and 2024, and has served as Secretary of the Accreditation Commission since 2024. She is currently an editor of the Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine.